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means to stay there, and the horse feels that
his elder Is his master. rider must always
be ready for fall, because II he rides much he
is pretty suro 10 get one sooner or later No
The only thing TO be done IL to get clear Of the
horse as quickly as possible. An active man
will manage TO alight on his feet In most cases
except In falls over fences. which need not be
considered In pleasure riding. ShyinR horses
are dangerous FOR, novices TO ride, but a STUN
bling horse is not 1T to put saddle upon for
any6ody's use. A stumbler ia, liable 20 go
= ssnts Me Is serious tRing. Would not have
q stumbler In riding school on any account.
"To get the full benefit of riding as an exer-
else, one should ride at brisk pace. and have
fannels as soon az the ride Is over. The rider
ought TO take at least ~ good oare Of himself
as of his horse. but too many people seem to
think human body needs no grooming and
can get along anyhow.
1.-THE fundamental principles OF riding are
few and may be stated In one sentence. Keep
your head and heart up. and your heels and
hands down. That iS pretty nearly the whole
your feet IN the stiEEups. and retain command
over your horse. While your hands are down.
you have the control, but II you throw them IN.
the horse can have his own way" -
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WHENYOU RIDE INTHEPARK.
TIE PROPER FORM FOR MEN AND Wo-
MEN WHO GO ON HORsEBACk.

IN, Engiish style az Riding, which 10 the
sort Pr~ctised Mero-Gts Advsntsses-
ynali.h side snddies-The Cowboys Style.
On any pleasant afternoon one may stand
A. tho Fifth avenue entrance to Central Park
and count about 900 eauestrians riding In and
out. Some OF thcni ride well and many rido
worry badly. and nearly all OF them try to ride
In the English fashion. which Is the proper
thing now. Fifteen years ago hardly fifty
riders would DO eeen In an afternoon, and II
any Of them rode after the English style he
made himself conspicuous and was In danger
OF boinG laughed at by other horsemen and
hooted by the small boys. New York supports
half dozen riding schools now, besides two or
three riding clubs, and the schools and clubs
uso 1, 200 saddle horses. Tho number OF saddle
horses kept for private use. and not included
In the 1900. Is very large. Carl NyeRaard,
head riding master Of one Of these establish
ments, who has boon recently In Washington
teaching some Government officials and their
families how to cit In o saddle. says:
"We teach tho English style Of riding now
because It Is the best for both horse and rider.
The English undoubtedly are the best riders In
the world. They have been studying and prac-
Using the art for hundreds Of years. and the
results Of their experience must be OF some
value. The trick Of rising from the saddle was
invented or discovered by them. Some persons
laugh at II. and say that It Is an afectation,
but riders know that there are good reasons
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he will need moro. which il why recommend
p,art1srsh,p Of an ssySr men rather than
Mr. Roosevelt spenks OF the country, tho life,
warm MP pra l lie says the newspaper needn't
Saea there are not SseI by tic fats no s
has lived with them worked with them, and
entered thoroughly into the spirit Of their life.
est lot Of men, They are mainly from tho
South although many eoms from rent the 9, Eafi
70 their friends. and sometimes forehandel.
Ihelr earnings are very small, Good, pay with
during eight months OF the year. As they
have Few, opportunities for spending their
money while on the range, and no, need
and tobacco they can, save q great part Of
their earnings .while the thriitless spend on
sprees and the thrifty invest in horses and cal;
pranks when they find themselves In q. raw
frIntior town, where the only means OF dyer
sion are, vicious ones but the lawlessness often
ine rapidly out OF existeace. These despera,loSs
OF horse thievinG. and whose cherished aim In
He Is 70 BULLDOGS, light. ana create disorder
Tho cowboys. 80 far from being Identical with
arc tho natural police Of tho country, and arc
responsible for the rapidly approaching disap-
pc.aransa OF the lawleSs element. H.
lifetime In the. bad Lands OF, tho Little Mis-
souii. where his ranch +, and not Yncouptcr
businesS. 10 do no injury and submit to none.
- I'm a born democrat" he said; " genuinely
Ike the absolute freedom from caste spirit OF
q life whore men arc respected merely for what
they are. and where man respects his neigh
bors because he also respects himself" his
with . Vide vsrsndS around and sinpiS but
ample npAFtmenta. IL u Testimonial 70 tho
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-10
zen DoMags q Week.

seYou have no idea how men struggle
along and make both ends meet on $l0
ner week. . said a scandal monger the
other day. "Why, it is IS amusing as
the funny paragraph il q comic paper.
Now here is s., has one Of the contest
little rooms you ever saw, IN the very
best part Of the city. When he takes e
friend to dine It is always to q good res
taurant. ostensibly he boards there.
The fact is he really boards at the cheap
EST boarding house he can find and puts
his allowance fcr chr fare down his
rocket. But the finest streak Of economy
know Of IS George NJ. That chap does his
avn washing entirely and then sends i
Is the laundry to be ironed. How DO !
know9 We'll, j got it from q Of the
servants i'd the house where he boards.
This beating the washerWomani is nothing
new. 81 the way. Frank q always
washed his own handkerchiefs, and
Fred 4. went him one better and added
stockings to Tie list. George y theonlJ
one / know III who docs It by the whole
sale. why, there are hundreds ct ways
to keep Up appearances Bafial0
News.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-10
Wheat Fields Of Dakotah.

Wheat fields of enormous size are
found within the Territory, there being
n of not less than 100, 900 acres. On
such a vast domain as this, economy in
labor is everything. The flat prairie
land allows of the most approved me-
ehanical appliances, and in harvest-time
innumerable reaping machines are used.
Nothing can be more startling than to
see approaching a huge battery, as it
were, Of these reapers, drawn by their
three horses yoked abreast. As far as
the eve can see, over a vast frontage, the
line advances, and even at a long dis
lance the revolutions of the blades
Of the mowers can be heard. The
golden wheat falls in huge windows,
sometimes to be taken by other machines
and made into sheaves, or to be handled
81 the harvesters. Mounted "bosses''
ride from point to point and su~perintend
the work. In ploughing, narrowing,
sowing, the best and most approved la
b~or-saying implements are used. A Da-
kota wheat farm Of size seem to be
rather d factory where cereals are to be
produced than a tract Of land dependent
on ordinary agricultural methods
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% those lovers who happen to be
assigned according to their wishes. Int
how narrowing to these jealous Mezi-
eahos when mismating takes placel
slnce It IS never safe to trust too much
TO chance N this weary world, the young
iaoles, aided and allotted BY their own
True knights, have contrived many cun
nlng plans. The hostess of the bale de
conflanza IS taken into confidence and in
stfueted with infinite pains. she pre-
pares @favors, as for a German, with cor
responding rosettes, flowers or knots Of
ribbons, and while clcverly pretending
mat the distribution-made BY herself
Is all luck and chance manages to
give the same color or device to those
who wish to be compadres or compan-
ions.-[Troy Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-10
Harvesting Niagara River.

A number Of the business men of Buff
falo have enlisted in a scheme to utilize
the water power of the Niagara riverfhis
or near that city. They propose to ehapl
a prize of 800, 900 for the best plan for,
appropriating as much of that power asa
may be needed for mechanical purposes.
Inventors or engineers in all parts of
the world will be free to compete. A
considerable amount of money, it is said,
has already be-en~sabscrfbed. The pro-
ject is an enterprising one, and it is to
be hoped that it will be successful. The
same idea is practically carried out at the
little city of s~chaffhausen, two miles
above the falls of the Rhine. At the
lower end of the city the current, or as
much of it as is wanted, is turned op a
small army of turbine wheels, and the
power is distributed by a large system
of towers and betting along the line Of
the water front, whence it is taken off
lateralIy to the numerous factories using
it. A modification Of this simple sys-
tenn would be needed at Buffalo, no
doubt, owing to the greater difficulties
of the larger river. II the difficulties
are overcome the engineers will probably
want to wrcst1e with the problem of
utilizing the falls themselves They
win find an aesthetic as well as a physi-
cal obstacle to overcome here.-[New
York World.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-10
ontwitting the Duennas.

The duenna system still prevails IN
Mexico iii good society, and not even
aoKias and movies engaged couples) are
trusted for one moment alone together.
8pt Tie mischievous god who laughs at
leeksmiths has many ways Of outwitting
ahs duennas. For instance, when there
what IS called bale de compadres, the
ssaag folk generally MISUNDERSTANDING
pRftners in their minds. These pecui-
iaFlg Informal balls (for Mexico must be
sSaetiy private, including the most IN
innate friends, with never . stranger OF
s'plack sheep among them. It e GUS
5asaaEg ID write the names Of young la-
dlss 81 cards, which are placed n q
yAss Then d child, or b blindfolded
person, carries this to each gentle-
naaa md # his presence draws forth
esfa and gives II To him. The guest
saas aloud the name upon It, and u
khsnesforth obliged to- pay
sls respects exclusively during
M evening ID that particular lady he
Assz aaaee with her all the time; com
qz bly, with apples according to Solo
sEa Eh other refreslamenfs, and
asT III be- hehests, as j dntIful cavalier
eAa. Of course this u j perfect Do
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A PeriIOus Postnoucnent.

10 p-stpone, when tie duly fer immediate
tction is Gear. is always unSise. Especially is
so when increasing i'll health calls for a re.
ort to medication. Diseases of the kidneys and
bladder are often of swift g~rowth-always OF
alta tendency if not comba'tel at the outset.
Ne have all-even those of us who are not re.
naEj ifhhIer s: All, instructed he ,rd ONE hing
, and otter Syend ng Bright's disease, dia,
adder ~ mo diseases of the kidneys or
if he re be foolhardy enough t ,
o be inactive. Io steIsereeives the renal organs
eculiarly a .ap ell elter's Stomach Bltters are
- suf 'cienily stimhfafe., eEa'came 1Ais, ipssssetiaa
( dneys and bladder. Infinitely isthisuiuret C
o b. preferred to the impure and fiery stimu-
ants of commerce, which prove the bare of I'M
vary pels ms with a tendency to etat s.
They are likewise Incompatible for dyspepsia,
lebility, fever ara sc lie, and biliousness.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-10
Amateur D-ressmakers.

Amateur dressmakers have attained a
high degree of perfection in England;
md both this and professional dress
making has been stimulated by the re-
rent annual exhibitions Of practical and
artistic dressmaklng, which have re-
ceiyed fattering attention from both
press and public. Some college-bred
and well-born women have been added
to the ranks of professional dressmakers
and are bringing science and art to bear
mon dress designing and dressmaking.
The serious purpose in this, and the edu-
Gated taste that is brought to bear upon
ii, has already exerted a noticeable eff
feet upon the dress of English-women;
md will, in time, make them the best
dressed, instead of the worst dressed,
women in the world. Already they are
the only civilized m who dare to be
original. [Picayune.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-10
EEectrotapSng.

Electrotying is the art of making
copies in metal from types, ~stereotypes
or ~engravings, and making them ready
for use in printing on paper OF woven
fabrics. The art appears to have been
invented at almost the same time in
London, st. Petersburg and the United
States. It was here that it was first
brought to d commercial success.
JssAse. A. Adams Of New York made
and used the electrotype plates in 1s41.
Daniel Davis of Boston first made and
used electrotype plates in printing q
book, and Mr.. Wilcox Of New York
started the business Of making electro
types, Or se1eetros, !" as they are com
monty called. He and others made I'M
movements III the process.-[Phiiadel-
phia Call.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-10
Self-Made

We hear d great deal about self-made
men, and a self-made woman has com
giled some interesting facts concerning
sorlle women who are well known at the
present time, from which it appears that
some Of the most noted began life very
humbly.
Sarah Bernhardt was a dressmaker's
apprentice.
Adelaide Nelson began. life as a child's
Miss Braddon the novelist, was a
ltility actress in the provinces.
Charlotte Cushman was the daughter
y papr people.
Nell Gwynne sold oranges in the
streets and theatres. From the pit,
while vending her wares, she took a
fancy for the stage.
mrs. Langtry is the daughter Of q
country parson of small means but the
0Id story of her face being her fortune
proved true in her case.
The great French actress Rachel had as
bard Il childhood as even fell to the lot
# ! genius. Rsgged, barefooted and
lie played the tambourine in the
s@treets, and sang and begged for q dole.
Eataralf SIS illiterate and vulgar.
Christine Nilsson was a poor Swedish
peasant and ran barefooted in childhood.
Jenny Lind, also q sWede, was the
daughter Of d principal OF q young
ladies' boarding school.
Minnie Hauk's father was q Germ an
ind 4 shoemaker in the most straitened
circumstances. Her voice early attracted
Me attention of one of New York's rich
Ill men, who had it cultivated.
The mother Of Clara Louise Kellogg
stFained every nerve to give Clara 9
aiusical education, and at one time was
professional spirit medium. Miss kel-
lsgg failed three times.
Ihemost renowned woman who sprang
from the lowliest state was Jeanne dare,
Who fed swine.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-10
SCRAPS.

Microscopic air and liquid bubbles ex.
list in many crystals of minerals, no less
than a. 600, 900 having been estimated te
have a place in a cube of quartz n
twenty-ifth of an inch square.
Photographs of lightning flashes,
which are expected to be of much i'm
p~ortance in certain researches, are eager,
1y sought by the council of the Royal
Meteorological Society, of London.
Gelatine is the latest adulterant of but
ter. BY adding gelatine, which absorbs
ten times its weight of water, the consis-
tency of the butter is retained, and the
water adulteration is not noticeable.
The st. James Gazette states that DR..
Riegler of Pesth, has photographed q
bullet after it had been fired from a
rifle, and while it was flying with the
velocity of a quarter of a mile .
second.
= is now settled that typhoid fever
germs are carried almost wholly in water
and that while freezing does not destroy
them, boiling always does. 1t is proved
also, that liberation is wholly Ineffective
for the publication of water bearing these
germs, so that the water in a well may
be infected from sinks, etc., at a con-
siderable distance. With these facts
definitely determined it ought to be easy
to reduce the danger of typhoid fever to
a minimum by care.
The walls of the Museum of the Arts
and Trades at Paris which had bulged
out considerably were drawn in straight
by heating iron bars which had screw
threads cut in the ends, putting them
through the walls and fastening the
screws. As the bars cooled and con-
tracted the walls were Strengthened up.
Wrought iron expands and contracts
with a force of about two hundred
pounds per square inch for each de-
gree Fair.
The parental love of the spider is very
strong. The female carries, suspended
on her legs, a small bag containing the
eggs, which resemble white glass beads.
If the bag is pushed away with a straw
or stick, the creature will make the most
desperate efforts to it. A spider
was once found whose back appeared to
haye a graduated surface, but closer ex-
Pst: and Answered. that she was entirely
covered Thu Mar young. On trying to
hugnter State camp>ex attached themselves
also at "That the StaR n-~-e- ID Prog
Charles a very sat:r1ya t~faaupes to the
= Gov: to the grod6d, she hss IN m i
,ant md nnatfectly quiet until they had t.
len, The. if4mselves back by means of c Az
extemporized cable, and spnead-rer,th'
selves over her body as bef5Gnsosi~ f''he'
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-10
The Gardens Of Egypt.

At the beginning of March the gar
dsns of Egypt are really wonderful;
the orange and lemon trees spread
their most pungent odor; the rose
trees are covered with innumerable
flowers; the palms, with their green
and white crowns, swing there IN the
wind; the oleanders there border the
avenues; on the lawns anemones. an
nual and perpetual Towering pinks,
chrysanthemums, ~violets, z%innias, peri
wrinkles, sna~p-dragons, mignonette,
pansies, and petunias blend their in
Vulnerable colors with the green of
the trees, bushes, and shrubs. Groups
of bamboos lift here and there their
long green or golden stems, drowned
with an immense plume of pretty little
trembling leaves. One c~omprehends on
seeing these stems, which assume in a
few months enormous proportions, the
cruelty ingenious punishment of the
Chinese in binding a criminal to q
young bamboo. The plant grows and
the wretch is quartered in a few weeks.
No wood is lighter or more useful than
that of the bamboo. One does not I'm
derstand why the Egyptians neglect
to plant it along the canals and on
every cultivated land, where it
grows so well. But what gives, at
least during winter and spring, the
most smiling aspect to the Egyptian
gardens are the great sheets OF rose
bouga nvilles that cling to the walls,
the trees and groups of foliage, and
which display Everywhere the varied
and exquisite tint of their towers. The
bougainville is certainly the finest OF
climbing plants. During five months
it flowers under the winter sun, takes
shades of extreme delicacy.-one might
say a light rose trait, the intensity of
which every play of light varies. The
aloes, the agave, attach themselves on
rocky slopes. On the banks of the
water courses the blue lotus, and the
papyrus still revive antique reminis-
cences. Grass cannot be raised In
Egypt. The layer of soil is so thin
that the sun dries it up Immediately,
and unless the grass is constantly SUBJ
once. It is not the heat alone that
produces this result, for there is very
much fine grass in the tropics: but the
heat, accompanied by the shalloWness
of the soil, renders the culture of grass
impossible in Egypt. Tt is with diff
Guilty that a few isolated blades OF
grass sprout during winter along the
Nile and the canals; they disappear
as oon as the spring begins, SO that
everywhere in the country where arti-
fetal cultivation finishes the dry and
bare desert begins. In the place OF
grass apretty little verbenacea is used,
and this is encountered everywhere,
the same as grass is encountered III
America.-LrookluD Magazine.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-10
perrnmed Gloves in Early Days.

Gloves in the early days were much
more ornamented than now, and when
meant for ladies' wear, sometimes per-
fune was bestowed upon them. Among
the New Years day presents to Queen
Mary, before she anne to the throne Of
England, was sspayr of gloves embro-
ioret with gold A year afterward,
u payr Of spanyneshe gloves from a
duehes in Spayne'' came to her, and but
i month before a lady had sent her high
ness 50 payr of swete gloves" Shakes
peare, true to the manner of his day,
aftsr making Antolycus chant the
praises Of his
Lawn as white as driven snow,
Cyprus, black as e'er wa crow,
Gloves, as sweet as damask roses.
puts this into the mouth of the shep-
heTdess: "Come, you promised me a
tawdry lace and a pair of sweet gloyes.''
dry Goods Chronicle.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-10
LADIEs, DEPARTMENT..
cnrious COMPUTATION.

The following curious calculation Of
the number Of stitches required in max
mo mans shirt may give a realizing
idea Of the work that is done in many
farnilies: Total number of stitches, co.
NO. stitching the collar 5000; sewing
fle ends, 200; button holes and sewing
IN buttons, $50; sewing on the collar
and gathering the neck, 1904; stitching
ia wristbands, 1928; sewing the ends,
ss. button holes, AS; hemming the.
aaps. 1854; gathering the sleeves, $40;
.afting on wristbands, 1863; stitching on
shouIder-straps; three rows, each 1880;
bemming the bosom, 393; sewing the
sleeves, s539; setting in sleeves and
~uussets, $3.50; tapping the sleeves, 1926;
sewing the seams, Sal setting in side
r~ussets, 4s4; hemming the buttons,
f1O,
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-10
Refas.p,ed Conflicts.

uWhat d / do for you, sirgo said
Col. Jerger to ) Notwithstanding char
acter, with 4 pencil and g paper.
81 want you to subscribe & triie Tor
the Society TO reform newly reieascu
convicts.
ssReform Of released cony1etsI why
/ have been contributing to that object
III the last twenty years. Haven't they
begun to reform yetg-[siftinggs.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-10

ANCIENT HenLfane Of

airing made q6tdas superstitto"s,
vas crediteAbe." hinge of a coffin
;na me Picayunethe.p power of reliev-
my lis was Governor n uod sol.oo
whep,H does not comps'aS feeei'eo eoi"ee
tbsysg position on the ord was hing up by
an oaE in an ;ts Senort,n@ Nails driven into
~ventat Of The Union; Rot a cure, but a pre-
which 10 bear the 81 toothache. A halter
withal tspsnsiOe, nd to hang a criminal
was fo,,nnrSe to nsaund round the temples
ache. ANA ags infallible remedy for head
tumors not isgad mans hand could dispel
narts nj prsae1 the glands by stroking the
who Il srs times; but the hand of a man
lows tr I'D been cut down from the gal
infinit Zee was, we need to say, a + rsme6dfr
thesea tely more eficacious. homo tbe
d s..uedics still existyrnoa -
e stream o. NJ poor Of %o snsak is not
! be pro coaaasta gets off bel hpe being
90, They whether or not WE'VE thSAdle.'
lly, OasASrwwHaRmmer o~fhsstance, the best
Ting was to steal : 1ss of beef from
the butcher, with which the warts were
to be rubbed, after which it was tueh
inferred, and as the process of decompo-
sition went on the warts would wither
and disappear.
chips of a gallows on which sew
| eral persons had been hanged, when
worn in a bag around the neck, was pro-
nounced an infalllble cure for the ague.
The nightn are, supposed, of course, to
be caused by supernatural agency, was
banished by means of a stone with a hole
in it being suspended at the head of the
| sufferers bed. The last remedy went by
| the name of a ''hag-stone," because it
prevented the witches, who, of course,
wrought the mischief, from sitting on the
patients stomach. Its effect upon these
| mischievous old crones was ~singularly
deterrent. The poor old creatures, who
| could not have sat a horse the moment
he began to walk, were credited with
riding these animals over the moorland
at headlong speed if the dead of night,
when better-disposed and less frisky
people were wrapped in slumber. A
sthag-stoneo tied to the key of the stable
door at once put astopto these heathen-
ish yaoaries,| thine.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-10

Sweet is revenge especially to women" said
he was in bad humor when he wrote such
words. But there are complaints that only wo-
men suffer, that are carrying numbers of them
down to early graves. There is hope for those
n DR.. R. v. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription"
Safe in it's action it is a blessing, especially to
C0men and to men, too, for when women. suf'
Ter, the household is askew.